Locked On Women's Basketball – Daily Podcast On The WNBA

The Next's Las Vegas Aces beat reporter Matthew Walter joins Alex Simon of Bay Area News Group to react to the Aces winning Game 2 of the WNBA Finals, how the Aces got to the brink of their first championship and ask the question: is A'ja Wilson the best basketball player on the planet right now?

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The Next's Phoenix Mercury beat reporter Hayden Cilley joins Alex Simon of Bay Area News Group (and a former Mercury beat reporter himself) to discuss Tuesday's news that Phoenix Mercury and Suns owner Robert Sarver being suspended for one year and fined $10 million after an investigation into for comments of racism and misogyny during his 18 years within the organization.

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The Next's Missy Heidrick talks with Connecticut Sun beat reporter Jacqueline LeBlanc about Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, which the Aces won in a slugfest. Plus, LeBlanc previews Game 2 and talks about being at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame ceremony this weekend.

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How did Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun defeat Candace Parker and the Chicago Sky to make it back to the WNBA Finals? How did A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces advance in four games against the Seattle Storm? The Next’s Las Vegas beat reporter Matthew Walter joined host Natalie Heavren to discuss Game 5 of the Connecticut Sun and Chicago Sky series, how the Aces punched their ticket to the Finals in four games and A’ja Wilson’s impact on the Aces. 

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The Chicago Sky had a golden chance to close out the Connecticut Sun in Game 4. Instead? A 104-80 loss at Mohegan Sun forced a winner-take-all Game 5 on Thursday. The Next's Sky beat reporter James Kay joins host Howard Megdal, who was courtside for Game 4, as the two discuss what needs to change for Candace Parker, helpside defense, and slowing down the suddenly-irrepressible Courtney Williams. Get ready for this one!!!

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Lin Dunn, general manager of the Indiana Fever and architect of some of the most important teams in WNBA history, joins host Howard Megdal on the podcast. Dunn was watching, heart on her sleeve, as the point guard she drafted two decades ago in Seattle, Sue Bird, played her last game for the Storm. Dunn has plenty ahead of her, however, planning a new coach, a lottery strategy to end Indiana's bad luck in getting top overall slots, and looking a building on the foundation of five rookies from the 2022 season. Listen and learn!

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Emma Meesseman is a valuable player for the Chicago Sky, after filling a similar role for years with the Washington Mystics. But is she more than this? Host Howard Megdal was reminded of Robert Horry's Hall of Fame case as he covered Meesseman once again this weekend, and wondered whether she is, in fact, on a Hall of Fame track. Hear from Emma, her head coach James Wade, and Candace Parker on Meesseman as well ahead of tonight's Game 4 of the WNBA semifinals.

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In the latter stages of the fourth quarter in Sunday's WNBA semifinals game between the Connecticut Sun and the Chicago Sky, Sun head coach Curt Miller benched Jonquel Jones, the WNBA's 2021 MVP. What did it mean in the moment? Was it the right call? And how will it reverberate through the rest of the series and the future of the franchise? Howard Megdal breaks it all down. Then hear what Miller himself had to say about it after Sunday's game.

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The Next's Mercury beat writer Hayden Cilley joins Alex Simon of Bay Area News Group (and former Mercury beat writer at The Next) to discuss all that happened in 2022 in the Valley of the Sun, which players (Skylar Diggins-Smith? Diana Taurasi? Brittney Griner?) will or won't be back and whether Vanessa Nygaard will still be the head coach next year.

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What went wrong for Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun in Game 2 of the WNBA Semifinals against Candace Parker and the Chicago Sky? The Next’s Connecticut Sun beat reporter Jacqueline LeBlanc joined host Natalie Heavren to discuss Game 2, how this Sun team compares to teams past, and the second semifinal of the night where the Las Vegas Aces evened their series against the Seattle Storm. Jonquel Jones was dominant but the rest of the team was quiet, who needs to step up, how can Curt Miller get other players involved, and what needs to change for Connecticut in Games 3 and 4?

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